LEGO Castle Adventure is an exhibit currently on display at the Children's Musem of Indianapolis. The display includes many activities designed for kids; great models like the Neuschwanstein above, built by LEGO Master Builder Erik Varszegi; and even a castle designed by a fan, who won a contest in the Brickmaster magazine. The display models were built by LEGO professionals, with the larger pieces built by their team in the Czech Republic and the smaller models of individual castles built in Enfield. Members of IndyLUG have gotten involved with promoting this event in their area. According to the press release, children will be able to learn about life in a castle, do some building of their own, dress up in period costume and even joust and shoot a catapult. It looks like a lot of fun. The display will be at Indianapolis until May 3 and will then travel to other children's museums around the country. They're booked for the next five years, so hopefully it will come to a town near you. We'll be sure to post additional dates as they are made public.

Okay, so I was able to go to this earlier today, and was pretty happy, because it ends on Monday. I realized when I got there that I ha forgotten the camera, so I had to use my cell phone. Hense, please excuse the quite terrible quality of the pictures.

So, we pulled in, parked, and realized we had to go in on the second floor because on construction. However, they had some pretty cool signs directing us:

All this took about 10 minutes. For the next hour, I sat down at the lego building tables, and started building, which was by far the best part. After that hour, I had created a gate, wall on both sides, and walkway on top, plus crenelation. I wanted to do the second story of the gate house, but we had to go at that point.

Definitely, Bruce. To me, pretty much the only fun thing were the pre-built LEGO models, and the lego building tables. But listening to the kids who were there talking to there parents, they all seemed to be having a great time with the entire place. I listened to several arguments about how the parents wanted to go see the rest of the museum while the kids wanted to stay. So, I think she will very much enjoy it.

Be very careful though. I went on Saturday, and on Monday came down with the a pretty bad flu. I've been in bed the most of the past week, finally coming out of it now. While I don't know if it was from the Castle Adventure, there were hundreds of people all touching the same pieces at the building tables. Any one person could have spread something to many of us.

Woot! The LEGO Castle Adventure will be visiting me this time next year Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, NY Jan.30 - May 9, 2010I so have to go see this. Too bad I don't have kids to use as an excuse!

I missed it while it was here. I don't even have an excuse; I live less than an hour from the Children's Museum. I think I hate myself a little bit right now. Still, it was nice to see some of what they had there.

"A warrior is always joyful because his love is unalterable and his beloved, the earth, embraces him and bestows upon him inconceivable gifts."-- Don Juan, Tales of Power by Carlos Castaneda